It's real. It's terribly real. I cannot possibly exaggerate how complicated the cosmology of the early Christian sects were. While that first diagram is labled "Schools of Gnosticism" please note t...
2024-06-03 16:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostSusan came down the stairs in a bathrobe and a smile. “Who’s there?”
“Boo.”
“Boo who?”
“Don’t cry, it’s only a joke.” ...
2024-06-03 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post“It comes down to a change in the relations between people. No chance in Hell I’m going to be able to shape the government after the collapse. But I can set up cadres of young, fit people, peop...
2024-05-31 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostI wasn’t that lucky. I got to enjoy my orange jumpsuit a while longer.
The bag was sealed and I do mean sealed. Rolled up like a dry bag, with the opening held shut with ma...
2024-05-31 15:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe rooftop was high up, though I don’t know just how many storeys. The wind cut through my prison jumpsuit like a shiv. Must be up pretty high. I walked towards the sun. I assume that’s the Ea...
2024-05-31 14:30:02 +0000 UTC View PostI saw the door the second time I was in solitary. It was a heavy steel door, but not like the doors in Folsom, more like a door on a boat. The ones with a wheel in the middle, instead of a handle. ...
2024-05-31 14:00:28 +0000 UTC View PostNot sure if it's still a vacation if I am sill writing new Slumrat chapters every day, but close enough! Anyhoo, the extra mental space is good for a lot of things. One of them is new ideas.
Truth let his thoughts drift for a minute. Should he ‘fix’ Niles? He probably could with Cup and Knife. He was actually a little scared to try. Not because he thought he would hurt Niles… or ...
2024-05-30 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“My Lord? There is no need-” Niles started to speak, but Truth cut him off.
“Accept it or don’t. Either way, I stand by what I said. Now, since I know you don’t think I h...
2024-05-29 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostTruth worked quickly and methodically, letting Incisive guide him from those most urgently in need of help to the least. Not that there were any light wounds. Other than a few children and a handfu...
2024-05-28 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe trip to Harban was dull. To his intense horror, he had run out of books. He had been right there in a small city, and didn’t even think of stopping by a local bookstore and picking up some sc...
2024-05-27 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostTruth laughed and walked forward, arm slung over the Prophet’s shoulder. He didn’t respond to the question. Someone walked straight through Etenesh without noticing her. Had anyone asked, she d...
2024-05-24 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Why would I want to run, person that I have never met before?” The Prophet laughed awkwardly. Meeting someone’s reincarnation wasn’t weird. The world was only so big, after all. It was jus...
2024-05-23 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostTruth slowly blinked at Cho, then checked the crystal again. He eventually found the summary page that said essentially what Cho had- that Starbrite was ritually sacrificing himself to himself to a...
2024-05-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostHis name, like his face, was hidden in a dark hood of endless blackness. A forbidden name, too terrifying to be uttered, recorded only on slabs of abyssal lead and stored in the most forbidden dept...
2024-05-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTruth met Cho’s eyes. There was only truth in them. The silence stretched again. The secret policeman was still. Returned to the absolute calm he had cultivated over a lifetime of being everyone ...
2024-05-21 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostI couldn’t name my feelings. Happiness, pride, grief, horror… none of them fit. All of them fit. What do you call it when you are feeling all the emotions at the same time? I… had done it. I ...
2024-05-21 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI could feel that pit in my stomach, the sinking weight that pulls down your guts when you realize that you have severely messed up, and things aren’t magically going to get better. I had forgott...
2024-05-20 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostTruth tried to think very rapidly. This was a cop. A high end cop, but a cop. And cops didn’t ask questions that would benefit you. This was a fishing expedition-
Colonel Cho sno...
2024-05-20 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 65- The Coward’s Test
Nothing good could be said about the sons of Crusher Jim, except this- they were strong. Terrifyingly strong. They jumped up to the top of the wall ...
2024-05-17 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostTruth wasn’t quite sure how to handle this matter. On the one hand, he had the overwhelming urge to slap this banal monster to death. On the other hand, she wasn’t a monster. She was just banal...
2024-05-17 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI quickly checked how many bones I earned and almost went blind. Should have slowed down. Eased into it. That is a lot of zeroes.
“Ossain, any new units I can...
2024-05-16 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt took a while going around a whole damn mountain to avoid a single roadblock, but it was still less annoying than slipping through the roadblock by playing dead. He kept picking at the question o...
2024-05-16 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe giant beasts roared back, outraged by Versai’s proud defiance. Not so proud that they wouldn’t gang up on her, though. One from each side, and the middle one charged straight ahead. Ready t...
2024-05-15 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe dawn was rising, and with it, a rock. Specifically, the earth demon he had sent out.
“Fuck you, pay me.”
“Everyone’s so cynical these days.” Truth si...
2024-05-15 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTruth blinked in confusion. He looked down at the dog. The dog wheezed heavily through his nose, but made no further explanation. He then opted to look inquisitively at his rough patron, who rolled...
2024-05-14 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostI looked at the words etched in blood and fire across the sky.
“Was I making too much progress? How does knowing this justify ramping the difficulty up?”
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As one of you guessed in the comments, the current arc of Weeaboo ends in ~2 weeks. So this seems like a good time to share some news.
That first paragraph looks wierdly ominous. Actually, it...
2024-05-13 16:50:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Like a hippo, a sheep, a bat and a wolf all made beautiful love together, and then their inbred grandkids robbed a “I need four guns to get a Frosty” tough-guy’s house for armor.”
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2024-05-13 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe night sky was a brilliant explosion. No, he was wrong, it was no longer the night sky, it was the other side of the sky, the truth behind the light. It was every mystery and love and horror and...
2024-05-13 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post